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Yes, em dashes are legal — So what’s the fuss about their use?

I have been reading posts about em dashes lately. Some criticize their use, while others defend them, especially when they appear in content assumed to be artificial intelligence (AI)-generated. Maybe ...
Bustle

Gen Z Has Figured Out A Dead Giveaway That You're Using ChatGPT

The em dash has long been a favorite punctuation mark of writers everywhere. This lengthier dash can replace a comma or a colon. It’s also sometimes used to sum up info at the end of the sentence, to ...
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: Debunking em dash myths

For nearly 20 years, Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty has been tackling grammar myths with the grace and patience this columnist can only aspire to. On her wildly popular podcast and blog, “Grammar Girl’s ...
Ars Technica

Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules

Em dashes have become what many believe to be a telltale sign of AI-generated text over the past few years. The punctuation mark appears frequently in outputs from ChatGPT and other AI chatbots, ...